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On applying synthetic indices of multidimensional well-being: health and income inequalities in selected EU countries

Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2008

-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two …

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The Marginal Utility of Income

Layard, Richard; Mayraz, Guy; Nickell, Stephen J. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007

In normative public economics it is crucial to know how fast the marginal utility of income declines as income increases. One needs this parameter for cost-benefit analysis, for optimal taxation and for the (Atkinson) measurement of inequality. We estimate this parameter using four large...

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Multidimensional poverty and inequality

Aaberge, Rolf; Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2014

This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …

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Income Inequality and Poverty in Front of and during the Economic Crisis: An Empirical Investigation for Germany 2002-2010

Faik, Jürgen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), both income inequality and poverty are considered for … the crisis - in 2009 - inequality dropped, and it increased afterwards. Poverty was not affected very much by economic … developments during the crisis but at least an increase of persons, who stayed within the poverty region, occurred between 2008 and …

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Distributional Effects of a Minimum Wage in a Welfare State: The Case of Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We …

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Energy poverty in Italy

Faiella, Ivan; Lavecchia, Luciano - Banca d'Italia - 2014

no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of … indicators to fill this gap. We present a range of poverty measures which estimate that between 5 and 20 per cent of households …

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Why Are Middle-Aged People so Depressed?: Evidence from West Germany

Brockmann, Hilke - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

Does happiness vary with age? The evidence is inconclusive. Some studies show happiness to increase with age (Diener et al. 1999; Argyle 2001). Others hold that the association is U-shaped with either highest depression rates (Mroczek and Christian, 1998; Blanchflower and Oswald, 2008) or highest...

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Dimensions of African inequality

Bigsten, Arne - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that det

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On a Distance Function-Based Inequality Measure in the Spirit of the Bonferroni and Gini Indices

Subramanian, S. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

A natural way of viewing an inequality or a poverty measure is in terms of the vector distance between an actual …

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Social Policies or Private Solidarity?: The Equalizing Role of Migration and Remittances in El Salvador

Acevedo, Carlos; Cabrera, Maynor - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

This paper reviews the pattern of poverty rates and income inequality in El Salvador since the 1990s. It discusses some …

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